Maureen, Nancy and others, Ipswich Massachusetts lace is NOT a point ground lace. From a distance it might look like it, but as it now has been pointed out, the grounds are Torchon variations and Kat stitch. The only time point ground was used in the 22 samples we have from 1790 is as a filling in a motif. You may want to see them in my book The Lace Samples From Ipswich, Massachusetts 1789-1790. It is available through some lace dealers as well as Amazon. Since I subscribe to the digest version I have not been able to respond immediately. My apologies.
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